SAT 1, 145 (P131254)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 021279

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) id-gur2 i3-gesz gu-lu5-lu5 sukkal
2. 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz elam szi-ma-asz-gi5-me giri3 gu-lu5-lu5 sukkal szi-ma-asz-gi5-sze3 du-ni
3. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam nu-a-a-ti szesz lukur
4. 2(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 2(disz)-kam
reverse
1. ur-{d}szara2 aga3-us2-gal szuszin{ki}-ta du-ni
2. 3(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 3(disz)-kam [a]-bu-um dumu nu-banda3 a-dam-szah2{ki}-sze3 du-ni igi-a-a lu2 kas4 {u2}urua{a}{ki}-ta du-ni
3. 6(disz) id-gur2 i3 u4 6(disz)-kam bu3-u2-a sukkal a-ab-ba nigin2-de3 du-ni
4. iti GAN2-masz

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: SAT 1, 145

    [Sigrist1993SAT1] Sigrist, Marcel. 1993. Texts from the British Museum. Sumerian Archival Texts 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

    Oil for messengers


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  • Museum No.: BM 021279
  • Accession No.: 1895-11-12, 0038

  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 10:57:37 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:04:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:34:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:27:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 145 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131254.
SAT 1, 145 artifact entry (No. P131254). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131254 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 145 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131254 (Accessed: August 21, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 145 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131254},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131254
LB  - CDLI:P131254
M1  - 2025/8/21/
TI  - SAT 1, 145 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“SAT 1, 145 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P131254.
SAT 1, 145 artifact entry (No. P131254). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P131254 (Original work published 2001)
SAT 1, 145 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P131254 (Accessed: August 21, 2025).
@misc{2024SAT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {SAT 1, 145 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P131254},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P131254},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P131254
LB  - CDLI:P131254
M1  - 2025/8/21/
TI  - SAT 1, 145 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P131254
ER  - 
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